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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
1
RICHARD MORMAN of Baytown died about 5 p.m. Tuesday at Oshner's Hospital in New Orleans from burns suffered in a gas pipeline fire Monday at Larosa Louisiana. His body will go to Prescott Arkansas for funeral services and burial. Morman was employed by Texas Eastern. A former pastor, Dennis Bellar of DeQuincy Louisiana, was killed in the fire.
ARROUND and I M Jones says he is glad to be away from a telephone since retirement but stays busy doing things he wanted to do. Ray Heinrich describes the Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club marine life display at the Houston Boat Show. Rev Lonnie Bowlen plans a two week revival in Kerxville starting Jan 23. Dolores Gray says her daughter Steffani has become famous from a Sun story and now gets many phone calls. Mayor Cravey helps with the annual school census in spare time.
President Johnson will address Congress tonight with a State of the Union message focused on continuing the Great Society. He aims to outline peace efforts in Vietnam and a total budget around 110 to 115 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year, while warnings of potential cuts if war costs rise.
AU officers and directors of Peoples State Bank were reelected at a directors meeting after the bank stockholders annual meeting. Officers include W. C. Britton as chairman Perry W. Britton as president W. E. Du Plantis and Paul J. Edwards as vice presidents Charles M. Fuller cashier and several assistant cashiers. Directors are W. C. Britton Perry W. Britton W. E. Du Plantis Dr. Louis B. Hughes Alt Roark Harold Scarborough and John W. Strickler.
The city council, after advisory input, voted unanimously not to oppose Marbon Co s permit to discharge up to 91 500 gallons of industrial wastewater daily into a drainage ditch. A public hearing before the Texas Water Pollution Central Board is set for January 20 in Austin.
Heavy rains and landslides hit Rio de Janeiro and nearby towns. Death toll reached 131 with fears it could exceed 159, as thousands homeless sought shelter and authorities mobilized emergency aid. Dozens of structures collapsed amid the worst downpour in the city’s 400 year history.
Citizens National Bank added two new directors Dr Donald L Brinson Bay town dentist and Conrad Magourik bank vice president at a Tuesday board meeting following the annual stockholders meeting. All other directors and officers were re elected with Hazel Echols as chairwoman and John C Echols as president and CEO.
Four water districts held elections Tuesday in the Bay town area naming new directors and reelecting incumbents. In Chambers County Water District No 1 at Mont Belvieu new directors are Everette Soileau and a Bagent with Butch White reelected. Fred Chitty failed to gain reelection. A. G. Blythe did not seek reelection after 14 years on the board. Total votes 200 with tallies: Bagent 153 Lefleau 128 White 126 Chitty 96 Luther Taylor 87. In Harris County Water District No 21 Channelview Jerold P. Knox reelected, others not. new directors W M Parnell and Melvin H. Thompson. District 21 results: Parnell 391 Knox 289 Thompson 203 Langston 203 Corley 141. Total 545 votes. Harris County Water District No 1 Highlands incumbents reelected Wallace E. Dunks 202 A J Lostak 170 Oliver M. Harmon 160. Mrs B B Talley listed with votes? Total 56. Harris County Water District No 84 Channelview had seven votes total for three incumbents D A Duncan H L Jacobson Bils E A Biggers. Totals unofficial. canvass pending.
Homer Wilson was elected president of Goose Creek Country Club at a general meeting Tuesday night. John Echols RL (Bob) Martin Matherne T D O'Brien Sr. and others were named officers and directors for three year terms. Jim Black B A Stewart and R L Bob Jed were noted, with Cecil Bobbitt retiring president delivering the financials and noting dues are the lowest among comparable clubs.
AP Wires report Mayor John Lindsay and negotiators outlining steps to resolve New York's transit crisis, but talks show little progress toward a settlement. Also noted is the appointment of Very Rev Msgr Thomas Tschoepe as the new bishop of San Angelo succeeding Thomas a Drury who moves to Corpus Christi.
Baytown City Council will review a plan to sell 3.2 million in capital improvements bonds in the first year of a 5.2 million program. City Manager Fritz Lanham said fiscal agent Up derwood Neuhaus will attend. Other agenda items include bids for trucks and police cars, annexation hearings, a Sterling High School site, an audit, civil service appointment, street work on Alabama Street, final Phase II payments, and Loop 201 plans between West Main and Decker Drive.
Poll tax sales rise in Baytown but remain well below last year. Deputy tax assessor Collins cites voter confusion over legality as main hurdle. He notes three poll tax types and says unpaid taxes apply to national elections only. Baytown residents must visit the Houston county tax office for those.
A Spanish freighter Monte Palomares with 38 aboard sank in a North Atlantic storm. Six crewmen rescued by Coast Guard. one body found and another confirmed dead. Reports from Steel Maker say masters and many others drowned, with 18 survivors and five on a raft. Lapsis also signaled distress but stayed afloat 240 miles away. Vessel sailed from Norfolk to Barcelona, grain cargo shifted spilling into 30-foot seas northeast of Bermuda.
Anthony and Elizabeth Howard of Kent England became the year’s one millionth tourists to enter the United States in 1965, earning two expense-paid days in New York and Washington. They toured New York Los Angeles and Tucson and praised American life and especially hamburgers saying they are delicious and superior to English versions. The couple also commented on rugby football and everyday American conveniences.
Paul Martin, a Houston attorney, will address the Baytown Kiwanis Club at noon Thursday. He will discuss the preparation and safeguarding of wills during the meeting at the Tow er.
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